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having sufficient strength to bring themselves up without the packs; and 
all the line of road between this and the springs was strewed with camp 
stores and equipage, and horses floundering in snow. I therefore imme- 
diately encamped on the ground with my own mess, which was in ad- 
vance, and directed Mr. Fitzpatrick to encamp at the springs, and send all 
the animals, in charge of Tabeau, with a strong guard, back to the place 
where they had been pastured the night before. Here was a small spot 
of level ground, protected on one side by the mountain, and on the other 
sheltered by a little ridge of rock. It was an open grove of pines, which 
assimilated in size to the grandeur of the mountain, being frequently six 
feet in diameter. , 
To-night we had no shelter, but we made a large fire around the trunk 
-of one of the huge pines ; and covering the snow with small boughs, on 
which we spread our blankets, soon made ourselyes comfortable. The 
night was very bright and clear, though the thermometer was only at 10°. 
A strong wind, which sprang up at sundown, made it intensely cold ; and 
this was one of the bitterest nights during the journe 
thiad biltseh ad. and believed our situation hopele | 
bis blanket, and began to weep and lament. “I wanted to see the whites,” 
t ear # | nd into 
the cold night and gloomy forest, and, drawing his blanket over his head, 
Seated around the tree, the fire illuminating the rocks and the tall bolls . 
of the pines round about, and the old Indian Tinigigiten, we presented a 
group of very serious faces, 
Februdiry 5.—The night had been too cold to sleep, and we were up 
very early. Our guide was standing by the fire with all his finery on; 
and seeing him shiver in the cold, I threw on his shoulders one of my 
ankets. We missed him a few minutes afterwards, and never saw him 
again. He had deserted. His bad faith and treachery were in perfeet 
keeping with the estimate of Indian character, which a long intercourse 
with this people had gradually forced upon my mind. he 
While a portion of the camp were occupied in bringing up the 
to this point, the remainder were busied in making sledges and 
I had determined to explore the mountain ahead, and the s 
ad de to explore the mountain ahead, and 
be used in transporting the baggage. | 
The mountains here consisted wholly of a white micaceou 
